Interactive Documentary Blog
BBC’s 3D documentary explorer is now up and running!
February 8th, 2010
Tags: BBC, visualization, web project
BBC is currently broadcasting its series about the history and consequences of the web. The original title “Digital Revolution” – which was opened to crowd sourcing – has finally become “Virtual Revolution” (the crowds were not very inspired, after all). It is currently downloadable on BBC iPlayer – or broadcast on Saturdays on BBC2. For [...]
Sputnik Observatory
January 26th, 2010
Tags: hypertext mode, Jonathan Harris
I am a big fan of new media artist/designer Jonathan Harris. He is the mind behind we feel fine, time capsules and the whale hunt (all accessible though his website). But I have just discovered his latest work: Sputnik. I shall enter Sputnik in the archive as soon as I have some time to play [...]
Documentary Now!- the afterthoughts
January 18th, 2010
Tags: conference, Documentary Now!
I have a great news for you: interactive documentary is starting to be a buzz word…
Like last year Documentary Now! was a nice two days conference where a mixture of academic, PhD students and documentary makers exchanged their views on the new directions and evolution of the documentary world. It had the same informal and [...]
Please comment on my article
January 7th, 2010
Tags: article, BBC, collaborative, open source, RIP
If you have been reading my blog for a wile you probably know that lately I have been concentrating on the notion of “open source documentary”. I knew that film makers such as Brett Gaylor had been promoting RIP: a remix manifesto as an “open source documentary”, but when I read that BBC2 was starting [...]
What's all this about?
This website is both an archive and a discussion forum for those interested in Interactive Documentaries. It also documents my journey while doing a PhD. Feel free to browse and comment, but especially... DO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ARCHIVE!
